Tag: Antonio Guterres
Head of UN humanitarian affairs office calls for arms embargo on Israel
Ramesh Rajasingham, head of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and OCHA’s representative in Geneva, called for an international arms embargo of Israel during a U.N. Security Council meeting on Friday.
“All...
At Munich shul, Guterres denounces Jew-hatred on same day UN official says Hamas not...
António Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, told the Jewish community in Munich that “We must be in the center of fighting antisemitism in all its aspects.”
The U.N. head spoke at Ohel Jakob,...
Research org that UN tapped for UNRWA probe previously dismissed allegations against agency
The Bergen, Norway-based Chr. Michelsen Institute is one of two—out of three—research organizations that the United Nations tapped to probe the neutrality of one of its agencies that has applauded South Africa’s genocide case...
Israel: UN chief’s tenure ‘danger to world peace’
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Wednesday accused U.N. chief Antonio Guterres of supporting Hamas and called his tenure a global threat.
"Guterres’ tenure is a danger to world peace. His request to activate Article...
Israel slams UN chief for saying Hamas attack ‘did not occur in vacuum’
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen blasted U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday for remarks in which he appeared to justify Hamas's Oct. 7 murder rampage in the western Negev.
"It is important to also recognize...
UN chief visits Rafah border crossing ahead of Gaza aid delivery
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres toured on Friday the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, ahead of the expected delivery of aid to the Hamas-ruled enclave.
The first delivery is expected...
UN secretary-general expected to visit Israel, Palestinian Authority
A planned trip by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres to Israel and the Palestinian Authority is unlikely to yield significant developments but may help relieve tensions in a strained relationship.
The United Nations has not announced...
Gallant calls for ‘urgent UN intervention’ at Lebanon border
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday called for the United Nations to step in to stop the growing threat from Hezbollah at the Lebanon border.
The minister made the request during a meeting at the organization's...
Jewish groups urge UN not to use ‘false claims’ of Amnesty report against Israel
The blowback over a biased report by Amnesty International on Israel continues nearly a week after its release as 469 organizations and more than 4,000 individuals signed a strongly-worded letter on Monday urging U.N. Secretary-General António...
Dozens of Jewish groups blast anti-Israel UN probe, urge secretary general to end it
Forty-one Jewish organizations wrote to U.N. Security General António Guterres and U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet demanding an end to the “one-sided farce” of a probe by the U.N. Human Rights...